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Fountain, CO

29,300 Population
22.3 square miles 1,311.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,199 ±$2,289 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $46,283 ±$668
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$86,242 ±$6,912 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $90,144 ±$1,355
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

10.3% ±3.1% (3,019  ±894) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 63,378 (±0.5% / ±3,630)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

27.2 minutes ±1.6 (352,520  ±30,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.7 7,693,220 (±0.3 / ±122,172)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

10,454 ±475 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 302,050 ±1,215
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
2.8 ±0.1 (29,289  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 745,684 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

5.2% ±2.2% (446  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6% 11,067 (±0.5% / ±978)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

10,984 ±502 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 317,156 ±195
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$398,000 ±$15,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $461,800 ±$2,780
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

14.7% ±2.8% (4,271  ±810.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 18.1% 137,572 (±0.7% / ±4,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

95.6% ±4.7% (17,083  ±1,118.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.1% 488,300 (±1% / ±5,318.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
34.8% ±3.8% (6,223  ±731.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41.7% 214,225 (±0.7% / ±3,529.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±1.5% (1,961  ±442) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7% 54,058
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

20.9% ±2.8% (4,043  ±560) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.6% 86,679 (±0.4% / ±2,174)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
4,043 Total veterans ±560 3,395 Male ±530 648 Female ±259

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